Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Zwarte Piet update

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This first appeared in "Fortean Follow-ups" in Fortean Times , FT470, May 2026. A window display featuring Zwarte Piets in a ra...
Sunday, 22 February 2026

A big cat kill sign from Ufford, Suffolk - and recent lynx sightings in the area

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I was sent this photo apparently of a muntjac carcass found in Ufford, Suffolk, showing signs of predation by a big cat. The copyright-hol...
Saturday, 6 December 2025

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk - a talk for Dunwich Museum, now online

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MY TALK for Dunwich Museum on The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk is now online, here . Many thanks to Dunwich Museum managers - Jane ...
Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Sceptical scrapbook of The Sea Serpent Killer

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This article first appeared in Fortean Times , FT 462, October 2025. Owen's scrapbook includes this 1877 engraving of a 60ft(18m)-lo...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Ape sandwich story!

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This article first appeared in Fortean Times , FT 459, July 2025 Front cover image for the purposes of a critique or review, fair use un...
Monday, 7 April 2025

Fortean Traveller: Grutas Park, Druskininkai, Lithuania

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This first appeared in Fortean Times , FT456, April 2025. There were more statues of Lenin than you could shake a stick at. A superfluity ...
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Sunday, 16 March 2025

Fossil remains of an "Oliphant" in the 16th-century St Lawrence Jewry church, City of London?

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Could there have been the fossil remains of a prehistoric mammoth or elephant, such as the "straight-tusked elephant" Elephas an...